- King Charles speaks German
- He, in fact, has German ancestors
- You can hear how well he speaks the language here
European royal houses have been linked for centuries. And King Charles has German ancestry to look back on. Here is how his family tree breaks down, and what has led to his complete dominion of the German language!
There's more to this King than meets the eye!
Charles' father, Prince Philip († 99), was the son of the German-born Alice von Battenberg. Incidentally, his birth name Mountbatten-Windsor is derived from this name. Mountbatten is just the English form of the Hessian noble family Battenberg.
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Philip's father, Andreas of Greece, also came from a German noble family: the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
Watch the video above to learn more!
